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Crime movies

A deep dive into the underworld of gangsters, detectives, and heists where the line between right and wrong blurs.

Subgenres include: Organized Crime, Heist, Con Artist Crime.

A Murder of Crows

1411. A Murder of Crows

Thriller Action Crime
6.3

19991h 42min

United States

Director: Rowdy Herrington

In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, Marlowe dies of a heart attack. When Russell publishes the dead man's manuscript under his own name, he makes the best-seller list—and unwittingly becomes the prime suspect in the investigation of a grisly multiple homicide.


Summer of Sam

1412. Summer of Sam

Crime Drama Thriller
6.7

19992h 22min

United States

Director: Spike Lee

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.


The General's Daughter

1413. The General's Daughter

Thriller Mystery Crime
6.4

19991h 56min

Germany, United States

Director: Simon West

When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.


Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1414. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Adventure Comedy Crime Science Fiction
6.7

19991h 35min

United States

Director: Jay Roach

When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.


Resurrection

1415. Resurrection

Crime Mystery Horror
6.1

19991h 48min

United States

Director: Russell Mulcahy

A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes.


Kaitou Kid dares to challenge the police once more, setting his sights on the Russian Imperial Easter Egg. With the date, time, and place, the Osaka police force scrambles to stop him. But this time, Kid may have bitten off more than he can chew—Conan Edogawa, Heiji Hattori, and numerous others are also trying to get their hands on the jeweled egg.


Life

1417. Life

Comedy Crime
6.8

19991h 48min

United States

Director: Ted Demme

Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.


Go

1418. Go

Crime Comedy Thriller
7.2

19991h 42min

United States

Director: Doug Liman

A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.


Best Laid Plans

1419. Best Laid Plans

Drama Thriller Crime
6.1

19991h 32min

United States

Director: Mike Barker

Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.


Arlington Road

1420. Arlington Road

Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
7.2

19991h 57min

United States

Director: Mark Pellington

Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door, Michael begins to suspect there’s more to them than meets the eye.